Drowning and Accidents Reported in Iowa and Pennsylvania
The report recounts multiple fatal and near fatal incidents. Newton Starks aids a drowning victim who dies. Jonas Kapp suffers a severe scalp injury but there were hopes of recovery. Three Davenport youths drown while swimming in a shallow river. Williams Weichman dies in a shaft explosion at Wilkesbarre connected Kidder mines with water floods.
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Bran
McKeevers
Michi
Newton
Starks
Anhal
Jonas Kapp
Fort Madison
Owa
Nusface
Stanton
Wilkesbarré
Kidder
Janes
Williams
Weichman
Niagara painter saved from river by local rescuer and crew
In Niagara yesterday a painter working on the Sister Islands bridge fell into the rapids. George Curtis, onlookers say, shouted a warning as the man vanished in the current. Thomas Conroy and William McCullough aided by rope lines and bystanders, finally brought the injured man ashore after a dramatic series of pulls.
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Ryudalleatter
Courape
William McCullough
Niagara
Osengad
Sister Islands
Goat Island
Terrapin Tower
Ctphith
Thomas Conroy
Odaroy
Mr. Sconilough
Couti
Conroy
Simes Cabin
McCullough
Tools for Farmers and Workbench Essentials
The text advises buyers to assemble a tool chest themselves rather than accepting a prepacked set. It lists required items for small workshops including a solid work-bench, anvil, hammers, chisels, punches, screw plate, nuts, round iron stock, a carpenter’s square, shaving horse, drawing knife, planes, auger bits, bit stock, chisels, saws, and a grindstone, all aimed at practical versatility for farming and carpentry.
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an.jrodAvise
Atkar Fironavork
Christian A ‘ P
From The Country Gentleman Recipes And Household Tips
A shoal of household hacks and recipes including Molasses Candy dish and breakfast rolls with cream tartar, soda and milk. It also lists stain removal methods for grass and fruit, bedbug poison with corrosive substances, and a method to convert worn Brussels carpet into a durable floor-cloth with linseed oil and paint.
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Brussels
Raising Ducks Without a Pond A Practical Guide
A practical guide argues ducks profit from hens anywhere, needing range grass and fresh drinking water daily. It recommends hen incubation, wetting eggs during last incubation, and starting ducklings with a grass run, small pen, shallow water, and cooked foods first week.
Feeding Practices for Young Ducks in Rural Yards
An old agricultural note discusses feeding young ducklings in village yards. It recommends ample food variety such as lettuce onions cabbage and similar greens. It stresses regular feeding multiple times daily and notes success raising ducklings alongside chickens in a village yard.
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America
Agriculturist
Onion Maggot In Onion Fields A Treatise And Notices
The piece discusses the onion maggot as a serious enemy to onion crops and advises destroying eggs and avoiding decayed tops. It notes practical field practices, including turning under refuse, applying liberal manure, and sowing early to bolster growth against maggot damage. It also describes curiosities such as a 150 acre cranberry island in Sadanga Pond Vermont and mentions other varied notes on household products and health remedies.
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Ponson Prower
S. P. Warner
New England
Sadanga Pond
Wittingham
Bangor
Florida
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